David Simon Contemporary

-Coastal Connection-

LLOYD DURLING | HEATH HEARN | JULIA COOPER:

4 July - 31 August

David Simon Contemporary 37 High Street, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7AW
 gallery@davidsimoncontemporary.com  /  01963 359102

Click image below to open the full catalog for the 2020 solo exhibition - Russell Gallery - London

-Still-

Heath Hearn lives and works on the Edgcumbe Country Estate within South East Cornwalls Rame Peninsula.

'Still' is inspired by the painters 2020 diary and sketch book.

Hearn's gentle observations on the more positive sides of the year take you into a timeless world where nature reigns supreme.

Many of Hearn's paintings in this exhibition are hinged on a tension between the figurative and the abstract, not unlike the painter Ivon Hitchens, who Hearn has taken inspiration from for the woodland landscapes for this show, uniquely stylising the shapes and immediacy of Hitchens application.

Other observations in this exhibition include the simpler joys of life. Paintings of hanging washing on a line blowing furiously in the wind, a still life of a posy of primroses, to more childlike narratives such as the dazzling 'Silent Parks and Empty Buses'.

It is not only visual observations that are distilled into this work but also emotional and aural. Vertiginous skyscrapers that hinge on the abstract and the figurative, translate the artists emotional response to the events of the year.

Listening to a radio programme about natures reclamation of man and marine life appearing in places where they have never been seen in recorded history, takes the painter beyond his surroundings to imaginings of whales rejoicing in the absence of industry, which Hearn translates as a metaphor of hope for the future.

'Still takes you on a wondrous journey through an artists musings and observations of a very quiescent year.